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amrita

[uhm-ree-tuh]

noun Hindu Mythology.

the beverage of immortality.

the immortality conferred by this beverage.

Also, am·ree·ta.

Origin:
1800–10; < Sanskrit, equivalent to a- not (see a-⁶) + mṛta dead (mṛ die + -ta verbid suffix); akin to Greek ámbrotos immortal

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amrita or amreeta (æmˈriːtə)

—n
1.	the ambrosia of the gods that bestows immortality
2.	the immortality it confers

[from Sanskrit amrta immortal, from a- without + mrta death]

amreeta or amreeta

—n

[from Sanskrit amrta immortal, from a- without + mrta death]

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